Re: client - server

["Gautam R. Singh" <gautam.singh () gmail com>]

Most likely they might have blocked the entire pool of IP belonging to
your ISP try to visit the website with a proxy server


On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:29:18 -0500, Eric Windisch <lists () bwbohh net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 02:43 +0100, Matteo Giannone wrote:
> > - a simple ip check doesn't work with dynamic addresses...
>
> It will work for as long as your IP is valid.  They can also ban the
> entire IP block (aka, your ISP)
>
> > - computer name can be changed
> > - mac address can be changed (even I wasn't able to, because I have a usb
> dsl
> > modem and I cannot change its MAC working with regedit or using tools like
> smac )
>
> Your browser will not (or should not, anyway) reveal your "computer
> name" or mac address.
>
> > Anything else ?
>
> User-agents and referers.  Some browsers can send quite a bit of
> information in the user-agent string.
>
> It could also be a content filter between you and the web site in
> question.  Schools and parents setup these to censor the surfing of
> children.  Many companies filter their content too, due to the
> distraction (and legal ramifications) brought about by warez and
> pornography.
>
> > How the hell do they recognize me ?
>
> By the tin-foil hat ;)
>
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> Eric Windisch <lists () bwbohh net>
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